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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN" "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd">
+<web-app>
+  <filter>
+    <filter-name>LiftFilter</filter-name>
+    <display-name>Lift Filter</display-name>
+    <description>The Filter that intercepts lift calls</description>
+    <filter-class>net.liftweb.http.LiftFilter</filter-class>
+  </filter>
+  <filter-mapping>
+    <filter-name>LiftFilter</filter-name>
+    <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
+  </filter-mapping>
+  <servlet>
+    <servlet-name>AkkaServlet</servlet-name>
+    <servlet-class>se.scalablesolutions.akka.kernel.jersey.AkkaServlet</servlet-class>
+  </servlet>
+  <servlet-mapping>
+    <servlet-name>AkkaServlet</servlet-name>
+    <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
+  </servlet-mapping>
+</web-app>